Franz Biereder

ERPM Practice Manager Germany - Enterprise Architect at Oracle

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

Enterprise architect with 20+ years of ERP sales, design and implementation experience within International organizations as Project- and Program Manager, Solution Architect and Functional Consultant. Recruiting, developing, training and managing various teams and key user groups in different countries and cultures. Special focus in designing and delivering modern Finance solutions in close collaboration with pre-sales and sales in the early engage phase and local, off-shore and near-shore teams in the delivery phase of a project. Reporting up to senior executive management and customer C-level ensuring customer success.

Experience

  • Oracle (Berlin, Germany)
    • ERPM Practice Manager Germany
      Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

      all from one Oracle source

    • Enterprise Architect
      Feb 2017 - Feb 2023 · 6 yrs 1 mo

  • business systems soltution designer at appsmode GmbH
    Jan 2010 - Feb 2017 · 7 yrs 2 mos

    Business systems solution design, Program and project management, International ERP implementation, roll-out and upgrade projects, Engagement with off-shore teams, Business process design, Process assessment and improvement initiatives, M&A projects, ERP and BI consulting services, Training strategy and delivery.

  • Business Systems - Director at Fox Mobile Distribution GmbH
    Jan 2007 - Jan 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    - Recruiting and managing 9 functional and technical team members - Responsible for running a full RFP (Request for Proposal) Cycle for international system transition project J-DAY for a newly founded joint venture - Managing for large transition projects and achieving operational readiness for all business system components - Steering committee role for implementing new rating software Oracle Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) - Responsible for full process and system integration of acquisitions and newly founded companies - Preparing and/or implementing new functionality and technology, like - Approval Management Engine (AME) - Procure to Pay (PTP) optimization, APRO Imaging solution - Managing the Oracle BI Publisher technology implementation - Organizing knowledge import for Informatica powercenter (Hyperion) - Oracle Hyperion Essbase Planning cube - Managing backup and restore policy, business continuity plan - Oracle e-business suite Human Resource (HR), iRecruitment and additional HR self service functionality, i-expense, contracts. - Planning and supervising patching activities - Managing minor and major release upgrades, additional 3rd party software installations and de-installations - Establishing a structure for a knowledge base library for the whole team - Developing a set of business systems project implementation guide and approach - Extended the development knowledge base - Oracle e-business suite training concept - Attending and presenting during Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco

  • EMEA team leader Business Systems at VeriSign, Inc.
    2006 - 2007 · 1 yr

    - Transition of external consultants supported Oracle implementation to permanent staff - Key contact person for all EMEA requirements and - Interface between central US IT organisation and country Finance and IT - Managing offshore software development - Managing country rollouts performed by the headquarter in Mountain View, CA - Gained worldwide awareness of the role of Business Systems team thanks to excellent communication and team spirit

  • Colt Telecom Holding GmbH (5 yrs)
    • Finance Project Manager
      Mar 2002 - Dec 2005 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      - Managing various Finance projects within Oracle Applications, Release 11.0.3. - Team member in various projects within the Oracle e business suite Release 11.5.8 - Co-ordinator for the Oracle Key-User in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for all modules - Design, implementation and customisation in and of the following modules (AR, AP, GL, FA, PA, CM, INV, PO, OM ) - Requirement analysis for a company wide Document Scanning and Archiving solution. - Set-up and implementation of various projects covering the Oracle and Finance process issues

    • Finance Process & Project Manager
      2001 - 2005 · 4 yrs